#BDBD83#BDBD83

#BDBD83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.077 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD83
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 131)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -9.12, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 30.79, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0239 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.077 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2808, 48.8534, 28.6180)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD83 #8383BD

analogous

#BDA083 #BDBD83 #A0BD83

triadic

#BDBD83 #83BDBD #BD83BD

tetradic

#BDBD83 #83BDA0 #8383BD #BD83A0

square

#BDBD83 #83BDA0 #8383BD #BD83A0

split-complementary

#BDBD83 #83A0BD #A083BD

monochromatic

#818145 #A8A85B #BDBD83 #D2D2AB #E8E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDBD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD83

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD83	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B87F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.077 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a7',
    500: '#bdbd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd83;
$custom-light: #d1d0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD83

secondary

#C3C3D8

accent

#3CA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD83

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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